Low levels of nucleotide diversity in Crocodylus moreletii and evidence of hybridization with C. acutus

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-462

  Ray, David A ^a   Dever, Jennifer A ^b   Platt, Steven G ^c   Rainwater, Thomas R ^a   Finger, Adam G ^a   McMurry, Scott T ^a   Batzer, Mark A ^d   Barr, Brady ^e   Stafford, Peter J ^f   McKnight, Jenna ^g   Densmore, Llewellyn D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodylus; D loop; hybridization; mtDNA; phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CROCODILIAN; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS;

BELIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS ACUTUS; CROCODYLUS MORELETII; REPTILIA;

EID: 4544228976     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000041024.96928.fe     Document Type: Article

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